CVE-2022-37616

A prototype pollution vulnerability exists in the function copy in dom.js in the xmldom (published as @xmldom/xmldom) package before 0.8.3 for Node.js via the p variable. NOTE: the vendor states "we are in the process of marking this report as invalid"; however, some third parties takes the position that "A prototype injection/Prototype pollution is not just when global objects are polluted with recursive merge or deep cloning but also when a target object is polluted."

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL

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CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/blob/bc36efddf9948aba15618f85dc1addfc2ac9d7b2/lib/dom.js#L1	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/issues/436	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/blob/bc36efddf9948aba15618f85dc1addfc2ac9d7b2/lib/dom.js#L3	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/security/advisories/GHSA-9pgh-qqpf-7wqj	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00023.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3488932.3497769	Third Party Advisory
https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3488932.3497769	Technical Description Third Party Advisory
http://users.encs.concordia.ca/~mmannan/publications/JS-vulnerability-aisaccs2022.pdf	Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/issues/436#issuecomment-1319412826	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/xmldom/xmldom/issues/436#issuecomment-1327776560	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:xmldom_project:xmldom:0.9.0:beta1::::node.js::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xmldom_project:xmldom::::::node.js::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xmldom_project:xmldom::::::node.js::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xmldom_project:xmldom::::::node.js::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2022-10-10 22:15

Updated : 2023-02-10 08:17

NVD link : CVE-2022-37616

Mitre link : CVE-2022-37616

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-1321

Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

xmldom_project

xmldom

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